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Scientists Demand Realism in Sci-Fi – ScifiSquad.com

Posted by axxmart on 25th February , 2010

It turns out that was only the beginning of what appears to be an ongoing attack on the film-going audience, a vicious assault that plans to deprive us of fantasy and replace it with textbook fact. The scientists are here for your … Should Hollywood strive to be more accurate in its science fiction ? Should we embrace “hard” sci-fi ? Will you miss the fantastical elements of films like Star Wars, where technology existed to further a plot and didn’t have to be realistic? …

Opening Today: Critics Lukewarm Toward Percy Jackson and Do Not …

Posted by axxmart on 12th February , 2010

On the other hand, Sci Fi Wire’s Michael Marano really loved the movie saying that it did a great job of paying homage to old-school monster flicks and gives us “a straight-up, unapologetic monster movie that hits all the same dramatic … Get more information on these and other upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy movies at our 2010 Movie Preview page. And you can check showtimes in your area and buy tickets online for these and other movies now playing at Fandango.com: …

Flooby Nooby: Horror / Fantasy / Sci-Fi Icon Prints by Chop Shop

Posted by axxmart on 12th February , 2010

There is “The Science Fiction Collection” and “The Horror and Fantasy Collection”. They are both 14″ x 34″ screenprints for $50 each (you can also buy the set for $95). In addition to the screenprints, they also have a bunch of t-shirts …

Top List Update: Essential Sci-Fi Novels

Posted by axxmart on 10th February , 2010

The Hugo and Nebula ceremonies are like the Oscars of science – fiction and fantasy writing, except with less Harry Winston jewelry present. Title holders such as Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep, …

Weekly Update: Avatar Finally Falls from Number 1; Will the iPad …

Posted by axxmart on 8th February , 2010

Also, following are some highlights of Science Fiction and Fantasy related stories from our reddit.com page The Sci Fi Scroll (sign up and submit your own stories): Neil Gaiman Confirms That He’s Written An Upcoming Episode Of Doctor …

365 Days of Manga, Day 140: Metamo Kiss | Sci Fi SoundTrack

Posted by axxmart on 3rd February , 2010

A Science Fiction Reading Set To Music, Beat Poetry-Style [Readings] · The Science ( Fiction ) Of Embodied Cognition [Neuroscience] · It’s Astro Zombies For A New Generation – Now With Cloning! [Astro Zombies] · 365 Days of Manga, …

Win Tickets to a New Sci-Fi Musical! | Sci Fi SoundTrack

Posted by axxmart on 22nd January , 2010

Science and religion collide in this sophisticated and mythic new musical. At the center of the conflict is Ganil, a young woman whose passionate longing for knowledge leads her on a dangerous journey in pursuit of lost and forbidden …

Opening Today: Critics Not too High on Book of Eli or The Lovely …

Posted by axxmart on 15th January , 2010

Fred Topel of Sci Fi Wire felt quite differently, though, saying “brilliant and masterpiece are not words I use lightly, but Book of Eli would have been the best movie of 2009 if it had come out a month ago. … Get more information on these and other upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy movies at our 2010 Movie Preview page. And you can check showtimes in your area and buy tickets online for these and other movies now playing at Fandango.com: …

Charlotte's Library: Kids of Color in Middle Grade Science Fiction …

Posted by axxmart on 2nd January , 2010

I don’t think this is because scores of middle grade fantasy and science – fiction books featuring kids of color weren’t nominated–I can think of only one other from the relevant October 2008-2009 period (City of Fire, by Laurence Yep). … I am still pissed about the sacrifical death of the Black character so the White Hero can live. This break down proves that what we already know that scifi / fantasy books with poc are simply not being published. Thank you Charlotte …

'Avatar': The Real-Life Science Behind the Fantasy | DigitalYarns …

Posted by axxmart on 2nd January , 2010

‘Avatar’: The Real-Life Science Behind the Fantasy . The producer of “Avatar” is fond of saying that writer and director James Cameron does not write science fiction , he writes science fact. From theuggs outlet reclining, cup-holdered seat of a … (The very name, “unobtanium,” is a nod to sci-fi afficionados, who coined the word to describe a material with mythical properties.) In Cameron’s world, unobtanium can conduct electricity without resistance at room temperature; …